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3->''"When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Creator/AlanRickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors."''
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5Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, UsefulNotes/{{California}}) is a multiple-[[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]]-winning American actor/director/producer and honorary member of the Sioux Nation, perhaps best known for ''Film/DancesWithWolves'', for which he did all of those things. Quite popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s for starring in films such as ''Film/TheBodyguard'', ''Film/TheUntouchables1987'', ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', ''Film/BullDurham'', ''Film/FieldOfDreams'', ''Film/TinCup'', ''Film/WyattEarp'' and Creator/OliverStone's ''Film/{{JFK}}''.
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7In the mid-to-late 90's he hit a slump with lesser received movies, starting with ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'', an AfterTheEnd ScienceFiction [[SummerBlockbuster blockbuster]] which was fraught with production problems and ended up being the most expensive movie ever made at its time, only to flop in the United States. However, it eventually made its money back worldwide. ''Film/ThePostman'' was similarly received, although both films have been looked more fondly in later years.
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9After starring in ''Film/ThreeThousandMilesToGraceland'', in the 00's and past, Costner has earned his reputation back with lower-key films such as heroic Coast Guard rescue film ''Film/{{The Guardian|2006}}'', the historical thriller ''Film/ThirteenDays'', the {{western}} ''Film/OpenRange'' and the cerebral SerialKiller drama ''Film/MrBrooks''. He also starred in the 3-part miniseries ''Series/HatfieldsAndMcCoys'' based on the [[FeudingFamilies infamous backcountry feud]] on Creator/TheHistoryChannel, had a supporting role in ''Film/HiddenFigures'', played [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent/Superman]]'s adopted father Jonathan in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, and has had his biggest role in years in Creator/ParamountNetwork's SleeperHit NewOldWest series ''Series/{{Yellowstone}}'' as family patriarch and ruthless Montana rancher John Dutton.
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11!!Filmography:
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14* ''Film/NightShift'' (1982) as Frat Boy#1
15* ''Film/{{Frances}}'' (1982) as Luther
16* ''Film/TheBigChill'' (1983) as Alex Marshall[[note]]Scenes did not appear in the final cut[[/note]]
17* ''Film/{{Testament}}'' (1983) as Phil Pitkin
18* ''Film/{{Fandango}}'' (1985) as Gardner Barnes
19* ''Film/{{Silverado}}'' (1985) as Jake
20* ''Series/AmazingStories'' (1985) Episode - "The Mission" as Captain
21* ''Film/{{The Untouchables|1987}}'' (1987) as Eliot Ness
22* ''Film/{{No Way Out|1987}}'' (1987) as Tom Farrell
23* ''Film/BullDurham'' (1988) as Lawrence "Crash" Davis
24* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' (1989) as Ray Kinsella
25* ''Film/TheEarthDaySpecial'' (1990) as Bartender
26* ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' (1990) as Lieutenant John J. Dunbar / Dances with Wolves
27* ''Film/{{Revenge|1990}}'' (1990) as Michael "Jay" Cochran
28* ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' (1990) as Robin of Locksley
29* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (1991) as Jim Garrison
30* ''Film/TheBodyguard'' (1992) as Frank Farmer
31* ''Film/APerfectWorld'' (1993) as Robert "Butch" Haynes
32* ''Film/WyattEarp'' (1994) as Wyatt Earp
33* ''Film/TheWar'' (1994) as Stephen Simmons
34* ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' (1995) as The Mariner
35* ''Film/TinCup'' (1996) as Roy [=McAvoy=]
36* ''Film/ThePostman'' (1997) as The Postman
37* ''Film/MessageInABottle'' (1999) as Garret Blake
38* ''Film/ThirteenDays'' (2000) as Kenny O'Donnell
39* ''Film/ThreeThousandMilesToGraceland'' (2001) as Thomas J. Murphy
40* ''Film/{{Dragonfly|2002}}'' (2002) as Dr. Joe Darrow
41* ''Film/OpenRange'' (2003) as Charley Waite
42* ''Film/RumorHasIt'' (2005) as Beau Burroughs
43* ''Film/{{The Guardian|2006}}'' (2006) as Ben Randall
44* ''Film/MrBrooks'' (2007) as Earl Brooks / The Thumbprint Killer
45* ''Film/SwingVote'' (2008) as Bud Johnson
46* ''Film/TheNewDaughter'' (2009) as John James
47* ''Film/TheCompanyMen'' (2010) as Jack Dolan
48* ''Series/HatfieldsAndMcCoys'' (2012) as William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield
49* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse as Jonathan Kent
50** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' (2013)
51** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' (2016)
52** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021, voice)
53* ''Film/JackRyanShadowRecruit'' (2014) as Thomas Harper
54* ''Film/ThreeDaysToKill'' (2014) as Ethan Renner
55* ''Film/DraftDay'' (2014) as Sonny Weaver Jr.
56* ''Film/BlackOrWhite'' (2014) as Elliott Anderson
57* ''Film/McFarlandUSA'' (2015) as Jim White
58* ''Film/{{Criminal|2016}}'' (2016) as Jerico Stewart
59* ''Film/HiddenFigures'' (2016) as Al Harrison
60* ''Film/MollysGame'' (2017) as Larry Bloom
61* ''Series/{{Yellowstone}}'' (2018-present) as John Dutton
62* ''Film/TheHighwaymen'' (2019) as Frank Hamer
63* ''Literature/TheArtOfRacingInTheRain'' (2019) as Enzo (voice)
64* ''Film/LetHimGo'' (2020) as George Blackledge
65* ''Film/HorizonAnAmericanSaga'' (2024)
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70* ''Film/DancesWithWolves''
71* ''Film/ThePostman''
72* ''Film/OpenRange''
73* ''Film/HorizonAnAmericanSaga''
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